t eanc 0 VOL. 44, NO. 12 • Friday, March 24, 2000
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Ecumenical service draws faithful By MIKE GORDON
recited the Gospel readi'ng from the Book of Matthew. It focused on Jesus' FALL RIVER - Representatives call from God and his move from from a dozen Christian communities in Nazareth to Capernaum at the time of southeastern Massachusetts gathered last John the Baptist's arrest. Homilist, the weekend with Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, Rev. Edward R. Dufresne told attendOFM Cap., at St. Mary's Cathedral for ees that "just as God called Jesus, I bea Millennial Ecumenical service entitled lieve that God is calling us to be one so "An Ecumenical Celebration of the Word that His love may be known." of Christ Marking the Beginning of the Mr. Dufresne, who is executive minThird Millennium of Christianity." ister of the New Bedford Interchurch It brought Christians together Council, said that for Christians to come together to through prayer, respeak out on "Tonight we can refocus our roots," ethical and flection and said Bishop O'Malley, "all of us pro- moral issues song and Bishop fessing the same faith of one Lord is one thing O'Malley was and one baptism remember the Last that should of such "delighted" at Supper when Jesus spoke'about all come a celebration. the opportubeing one. We come together in "There is so nity to come prayer' and fellowship and ask the much more together with that unites us brothers and Lord tojoin us." in Christ than sisters' in . separates us," Christ. ,"Tonight we can refocus our roots," he said, adding that with the courage said Bishop O'Malley, "all of us profess- Christ showed we could all "move from ing the same faith of one Lord and one darkness to light." At the end of his homily Mr. baptism remember the Last Supper when Jesus spoke about all being one. We Dufresne spoke about how moved he was come together in prayer and fellowship by the pope's recent actions seeking forand ask the Lord to join us," he said. giveness for the past sins of the CathoFather Edward Healey, rector of the lic Church. "We are all saints and sinCathedral, welcomed participants to the ners before the Lord," said Dufresne and service. A cross, Bible and candle were he asked all gathered to bow their heads carried in procession and placed near the and ask for God's forgi veness "for those altar. An Ecumenical choir then led the things we've done that divides the Body, hymn "The Church's One Foundation," of Christ." Following the homily were intercesand the bishop followed with a greeting sions, the Lord's Prayer, a sign of peace, and recitation of the Apostles' Creed. Following several prayers and Scrip- and a inspiring candlelight procession. Turn to page three - Service ture readings, the Rev. Birdyln Ogangan ANCHOR STAFF
... AN ECUMENICAL choir sings songs of unity and praise at a gathering entitled "An Ecumenical Celebration of the Word of Christ, Marking the Beginning of the Third Millennium of Christianity," held last weekend at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. ~ THE REV. EDWARD R. Dufresne, executive minister of the New Bedford Interchurch Council, speaks with Bishop Sean P O'Malley, OFM Cap., prior to the service. (Anchor/Gordon photos)
81. Anne's will host April Jubilee Mass Editor's Note: This is the second in a non-believers alike, St. Anne Church at Montaubricg, a French missionary, was 10-part series on the pilgrimage churches South Main and Middle streets is a monu- sent in 1869 to establish a parish for the in the Fall River diocese. They appear ment of religious architecture and one of 3,000 immigrants, and in March 1870, the once a month in The Anclwr to assist di- ' the chief points of interest -.:', first church comer stone was ocesan Catholics in making their pilgrim. blessed. At the ceremonies , : 'Sf. ANNE for pilgrims and tourists, ages to these sites. According to guide~:" the stage collapsed and from the world oyer. ' , , :C~lJRCH" lines published by the diocese, those who ;], more than 100 were inFounded in the fall of •' ' FALL RIVER travel to any of the designated churches • 1869, the parish has been : : , 1\ jured. The new pastor and fulfill the simple conditions of the •'the cradle of Frenc,ti Ca': ' ,J quickly invoked St. Anne. indulgence, will receive for themselves, , tholicism and of French: ' '. No one died in the accior for a soul in Purgatory, the same in- • culture.in the southeast~, dent and St. Anne was dulgence as if they had traveled to Rome : e'm region of Massachuchosen as the name for the or the Holy Land for the Jubilee Year. parish. setts. It was, from the ~
Special Jubilee Mass at S1. Anne Church Fall River, will be celebrated Sunday, April 2 at 10 a.m. by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap. By JAMES N. DUNBAR FALL RIVER -
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start, comprised,of im- : mIgrants from French Canada who began' trickling in around 1862 to settle here and work the cotton mills of the fastest growing textile manufacturing center in America. Father Adrien de
In November 1887,a small group of Dominican Fathers began their ministry at St. Anne's. They continued to staff the parish and its wellknown Shrine to St. Anne until 1978 when Turn to page J3 St. Anne's
DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE CHURCHFS
In addition to St. Mary's Cathedral, the following churches have been designed by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., as pilgrimage sites for the Jubilee Year. Bishop O'Malley will be the principal celebrant at Masses at the churches on the following dates and times: ' - St. Mary Church, Mansfield, held in March; . - Sunday, April 2, Saint Anne Church, Fall River, 10 a.m.; - Sunday, May 7, St. Anthony Church, Taunton, 3 p.m.; - Sunday, June 25, Kennedy Park, Fall River, 3 p.m., which is the concluding Mass for the Eucharistic Congress; -Sunday, July 2, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, New Bedford, 10 a.m.; - Sunday, August 6, St. John Neumann Church, East Freetown, 11 a.m.; - Sunday, September 3, St. Pius X Church, South Yarmouth, 10:30 a.m.; - Sunday, October 1, Holy Trinity Church, Harwich, 5 p.m.; - Sunday, November 5, Christ the King Church, Mashpee, 11:30 a.m.; - Sl!nday, December 3, La Salette Shrine, Attleboro, 4 p.m.